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1.) Woodrow Wilson won the presidential election of 1912, partly due to
Taft’s decision not to run for a second term
the fact that he was the only candidate with a reform platform
a split in the Republican vote
the lack of competition
2.) Which event sparked World War I?
the sinking of the Lusitania
the German-French dispute over Alsace-Lorraine
Russia’s quest for a warm-water port
the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne
3.) Which of the following was a major factor in the decision of the United States to enter World War I?
Britain’s naval blockade of Germany
Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare
Vladimir Lenin’s rise to power in Russia
France’s fall to the Central Powers
4.) An underlying cause of World War I was
the ongoing dispute over the convoy system
the web of alliances European nations created for their defense
an alliance between the autocratic rulers of Germany and Russia
American insistence on neutrality
5.) After Lenin seized control of Russia in 1917,
Germany surrendered
the Allies declared war on Russia
the United States entered the war
Russia withdrew from the war
6.) One of the main causes of the war, imperialism, involved
invading Belgium and France
acquiring uncolonized areas of the world
blockading enemy ports
acting in a nation’s own interest
7.) The German U-boat changed the rules of naval warfare because it
attacked only in the summer
remained hidden and fired without warning
avoided merchant ships
surfaced before firing its torpedoes
8.) The death toll from World War I was
the highest for American troops
low, because of advances in weapons
extraordinarily high
high for Germany, but low for the Allies
9.) In the 1920s, many American consumers began to adopt the practice of
recycling
sewing their own clothes
buying goods on credit
publishing their own newspapers
10.) Henry Ford’s dream was to sell cars that
came in many colors
could travel 100 miles per hour
ordinary people could afford
would attract wealthy business owners
11.) One result of Prohibition during the 1920s was
an increase in alcoholism
a decline in dancing and socializing
the rise of organized crime
the creation of urban artistic colonies